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Rape film banned in India gets Meryl Streep's backing for Oscar
The film "India's Daughter" which depicts the deadly rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, has Meryl Streep saying it deserves an Academy Award.
Fri Oct 16 2015
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Indian government blocks film about 2012 New Delhi rape case
A magistrate's court in New Delhi upheld a police complaint Wednesday blocking the showing of an hour-long documentary film in India about a fatal gang rape in 2012.
Thu Mar 05 2015